A Twitter debate on Augustine & the veneration of saints

There is a Twitter debate on Augustine's comments around the saints, whether they suggest the liceity or the illicitness of their veneration. It has become fairly interesting and deep so I thought it useful to unroll their threads and organise them on one page. The contenders are Potamopotos (Lutheran) and PatrologyVotary (also Protestant? Dunno yet).

Potamopatos' original thread: 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1505207961098014721.html

PatrologyVotary's first response: 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1505310189817372676.html

Potamopatos' (first?) response: 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1506686503128338438.html

PatrologyVotary's second response: 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1506722516307480576.html

SUPPLEMENT: Christian B. Wagner's schizo-posting (per his request): https://twitter.com/MilitantThomist/status/1505348928853708803

I will update this if any other threads come up.

An Evaluation of "SEVEN REASONS TO REJECT THE EPISTLES OF "IGNATIUS" AS SPURIOUS"

 

 Introduction

A Protestant content maker who goes by Akemi on Twitter and 'Puritan Posts' on YouTube made a fairly spicy Twitter thread asserting that the 7 Epistles of Ignatius are in fact forgeries. I say 'spicy' because - as far as I'm aware - the theory has been totally abandoned by scholarship. I do not say this to unduly kneecap Akemi's argument; scholarly consensus does precisely nothing to prove or disprove a claim. Rather, I'm acknowledging what I just stated; it is a spicy take, and so will invite response, maybe even ridicule. I won't give the latter, but I will give the former in this post.